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el Turó de la Peira

El Turó de la Peira grows around a pine-covered hill that became a public park in 1936 and was partly taken over by the blocks of the 1950s and 1960s; the collapse of a building on Carrer del Cadí in 1990 made it one of the Barcelona neighbourhoods most affected by aluminosis.[1][2][3]

Climb to the park's lookout, crowned by a large metal cross, and see how the blocks ring the hill.[2]

The neighbourhood covers about 35 hectares and spreads over the slopes of the hill that gives it its name, in its north-western part. The summit has been a public park since 1936.[1][2]

On the south-eastern edge lies the old nucleus of Santa Eulàlia de Vilapicina, with its church and Can Basté, which gave the place-name Vilapicina but no longer belongs to the neighbourhood of Vilapicina i la Torre Llobeta.[4][5]

el Turó de la Peira (neighbourhood 46) highlighted. Other neighbourhoods in Nou Barris: Vilapicina i la Torre Llobeta, Porta, Can Peguera, la Guineueta, Verdun, la Prosperitat.

Where the name comes from

Etymology: certain[1]

The name comes from the hill of the same name in the north-western part of the neighbourhood. Viquipèdia does not explain the meaning of “Peira”.[1]

Under the official division of 2006 the neighbourhood is bounded by Passeig de Fabra i Puig, Carrer de Camós, Cornudella, Biure, Vila-seca and Pedret, Passeig d'Urrutia, Carrer del Doctor Pi i Molist and Plaça de Virrei Amat.[1]

Before the neighbourhood

The pinewood crowned by a lookout belonged to the Can Peguera estate and became a public park in 1936. In the early 1960s a partial plan covered part of it with more than 3,000 dwellings.[1][2]

The blocks went up in a hurry between 1953 and 1961 for families from shanty towns, using a quick-setting cement that later caused aluminosis.[1]

How the streets were made

The blocks ring the hill with symmetrical rows of windows and undecorated façades, sometimes in curved forms that fit the neighbourhood to the terrain.[2]

The sports centre on Carrer de Sant Iscle sets the pool into the slope and puts the court above it, on a laminated-timber structure.[6][7]

Dates that changed it

  1. 991 the chapel of Santa Eulàlia de Vilapicina is documented, on the site of today's church.[4][5]
  2. 1782 the neoclassical church of Santa Eulàlia is finished.[4][5]
  3. 1936 the pinewood of the hill, from the Can Peguera estate, opens as a public park.[1][2]
  4. 1953-1961 the blocks of Romà Sanahuja Bosch's firm are built.[1]
  5. 1977 the part of the park affected by construction is replanted.[2]
  6. 1990 on 11 November the building at Carrer del Cadí 33 collapses because of aluminosis; one resident dies.[3]
  7. 2007 in March the park is renovated.[2]
  8. 2026 in July the first phase of the park's new remodelling opens.[8][9]

Institutions

Can Basté Civic Centre

The Can Basté farmhouse, at Passeig de Fabra i Puig 274-276, was rehabilitated as a civic centre with a complete transformation of its interior.[5]

Turó de la Peira Municipal Sports Centre

At Carrer de Sant Iscle 50-54; a project by Anna Noguera and José Javier Fernández Ponce with the pool set into the slope and the court above.[6][7]

Struggles that left a mark

Aluminosis

Demand: After the 1990 collapse, the SOS Turó de la Peira platform opposed demolitions, asked for new reports and demanded that the council pay for structural repairs.[2][1]

Outcome: The public company Regesa carried out total or partial remodelling; according to betevé, 54 buildings were rebuilt and over 100 rehabilitated.[2][1]

What can still be seen

Santa Eulàlia de Vilapicina and Can Basté

A neoclassical church of 1782 and an eighteenth-century farmhouse built over a medieval tower, joined by a covered bridge; both are local cultural assets.[4][5]

Parc del Turó de la Peira

Almost eight hectares of scrub and pinewood opened in 1936, with a lookout crowned by a large metal cross.[2]

What disappeared

Part of the hill's pinewood

In the early 1960s more than 3,000 dwellings took over part of the public park of 1936.[1][2]

The neighbourhood today

In 2026 Turó de la Peira had 17,378 residents, a density of 490.9 people per hectare, a €17,500 mean census-section income in 2023, 35.4 hectares, and 27.1% of residents held non-Spanish nationality.

Non-Spanish nationality (2026): 27.1%

What is changing

As of July 2026 the first phase of the remodelling of the Parc del Turó de la Peira is open; a second phase, with picnic areas and a bar, is planned from early 2027.[8][9]

The work is part of the Neighbourhood Plan for Turó de la Peira and Can Peguera 2025-2028; the project was approved in December 2024 with a budget of 4,323,734 euros.[8][9]

Read it on foot

Start: Vilapicina (L5)[10] · End: Santa Eulàlia de Vilapicina[4][5]

Walking (excluding stop time): 15 min · 1100 m · Estimated visit (with stops): 55 min

The geometry follows the pedestrian network between the four marked points, but it has not been verified as step-free, and the neighbourhood is on a slope. Access, works and opening hours may vary. The approach by public transport is not included in the stated distance.

el Turó de la Peira (neighbourhood 46) highlighted. Other neighbourhoods in Nou Barris: Vilapicina i la Torre Llobeta, Porta, Can Peguera, la Guineueta, Verdun, la Prosperitat.

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Parc del Turó de la Peira
Parc del Turó de la Peira
Climb to the lookout crowned by a large metal cross and see how the blocks ring the hill; the remodelled zone is on the Passeig de Fabra i Puig side.[2][1][8][9]
It was pinewood of the Can Peguera estate and a public park from 1936; blocks took part of it in the 1960s, and the first phase of the new remodelling opened in July 2026.[2][1][8][9]
Coordinates
41.43287, 2.16583 · OpenStreetMap
2
Carrer del Cadí 33
Carrer del Cadí 33
460 m · 6 min
Notice the symmetrical rows of windows and the undecorated façades of the blocks on this street, which follow the slope.[3][2]
On 11 November 1990 the building at this number collapsed because of aluminosis and one resident died; afterwards 54 buildings in the neighbourhood were rebuilt and over 100 rehabilitated.[3][2]
Coordinates
41.43230, 2.16945 · OpenStreetMap
3
Turó de la Peira Municipal Sports Centre
Turó de la Peira Municipal Sports Centre, Carrer de Sant Iscle 50-54
330 m · 4 min
See how the volume is set into the slope, with the half-buried pool and the court above, and the plant-covered gallery on one side.[6][7]
Anna Noguera and José Javier Fernández Ponce designed it with a prefabricated laminated-timber structure and photovoltaic panels that meet about 90 per cent of its energy needs.[6][7]
Coordinates
41.43286, 2.17218 · OpenStreetMap
4
Santa Eulàlia de Vilapicina
Santa Eulàlia de Vilapicina, Carrer de Pere d'Artés 2
300 m · 4 min
Look at the church façade with its sgraffito around the oculus and the small bell tower, then at the covered bridge that joins it to Can Basté.[4][5]
A chapel is documented here in 991; the present church dates from 1782, paid for by neighbours, and this nucleus gave Vilapicina its name.[4][5]
Coordinates
41.43069, 2.17290 · OpenStreetMap

Sources for this page

Dates, figures and historical claims are linked to the records used for this page.

  1. [1] Viquipèdia (2026). El Turó de la Peira. Accessed: 2026-10-03.
  2. [2] Wikipedia en español (2026). El Turó de la Peira. Accessed: 2026-10-03.
  3. [3] betevé (2015-11-11). 25 anys de l'esfondrament per aluminosi al Turó de la Peira. Accessed: 2026-10-03.
  4. [4] Viquipèdia (2026). Santa Eulàlia de Vilapicina. Accessed: 2026-10-03.
  5. [5] Viquipèdia (2026). Can Basté. Accessed: 2026-10-03.
  6. [6] Arquitectura Viva (2019). Turó de la Peira Sports Center, Barcelona. Accessed: 2026-10-03.
  7. [7] Ajuntament de Barcelona - Guia de Barcelona (2026). Centre Esportiu Municipal Turó de la Peira. Accessed: 2026-10-03.
  8. [8] betevé (2026-07-12). El parc del Turó de la Peira estrena una zona remodelada. Accessed: 2026-10-03.
  9. [9] Ajuntament de Barcelona - Info Barcelona (2024-12-11). The Neighbourhood Plan improves accessibility at the Parc del Turó de la Peira. Accessed: 2026-10-03.
  10. [10] Viquipèdia (2026). Vilapicina i la Torre Llobeta. Accessed: 2026-10-03.
  11. [11] Ajuntament de Barcelona — Open Data BCN (2026-01-01). Padró municipal d'habitants (pad_mdbas) — població per barri. Accessed: 2026-07-17.
  12. [12] Ajuntament de Barcelona — Open Data BCN (2021). Densitat de població per barri. Accessed: 2026-07-17.
  13. [13] Ajuntament de Barcelona — Open Data BCN (2023). Renda disponible de les llars per persona. Seccions censals. Accessed: 2026-07-17.

Last reviewed: 3 October 2026 · 13 sources consulted

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